Causes of chest and back pain

Chest and back pain is quite common in life, and there are many reasons for this pain. We should be alert to pain that is not caused by any disease, such as pneumonia and pancreatitis, which often lead to the occurrence of this symptom. Other cardiovascular diseases also often induce chest and back pain, such as cardiac neurosis, coronary heart disease, etc. At this time, timely and good treatment and prevention are needed.

Causes of chest and back pain

1. Pneumonia, pancreatitis, and costochondritis are related to infection, diet, and aseptic inflammation. In addition to pain, pneumonia can also cause coughing and sputum. Pancreatitis is related to eating. Costochondritis is related to neuromalnutrition and local injuries. Pressing the local area may cause pain, which is relatively easy to identify. 2. Cardiac neurosis and coronary heart disease can be treated with a 24-hour dynamic electrocardiogram. The former is mainly treated with metoprolol, xinkeshu, and oryzanol, while the latter can be treated with enteric-coated aspirin, metoprolol, isosorbide mononitrate, danshen drops, simvastatin, etc. 3. It is recommended to check the dynamic electrocardiogram, chest X-ray and blood routine. After the test results come out, treatment will be chosen according to the situation.

Symptoms of chest and back pain

The onset can be acute or slow. The acute one may occur suddenly, with stabbing, throbbing or soreness in the back and chest; the insidious one may develop slowly, without anyone noticing, causing the junction of the thoracic vertebrae and ribs or between the sternum and costal cartilage to become bow-shaped, swollen and dull pain.

Sometimes it radiates to the shoulders, back, armpits, neck and chest. Sometimes there is chest tightness and shortness of breath, and even inability to raise arms. The pain is relieved when resting or lying on the side, but is aggravated by deep breathing, coughing, lying flat, holding the chest up, and after fatigue. The pain occurs after exertion. However, there is no change in the local skin; the pain varies in severity and often lingers, affecting the patient's work and study. The swollen rib cartilage may even persist for months or years after the pain disappears.

Treatment principles:

Osteopathic treatment: Cupping is used to reduce the disorder of the sternocostal joints. Find the diseased thoracic vertebrae and the corresponding ribs, place a cup at the sternocostal joint and another cup at the middle back of the corresponding rib. Wait for about 3 minutes. When the cupping is fixed, remove the cupping cup at the end of the patient's inhalation, starting straight up and down at the sternocostal joint, and removing the cup at a 45-degree angle between the ribs and the patient's back. American chiropractic reduction method can also be used.